25 Halloween Minute to Win It Games for Spooky Fun Time
The spooktacular Halloween minute to win it games are here.
These are easy to set up and require simple supplies. I also love how it brings out the competitive spirit among kids, teens and adults.
This list has 25 games from pumpkin challenges and candy games and silly team competitions.
Great for occasions like:
- Halloween parties
- Family Halloween gatherings
- Halloween classroom parties
- Halloween get-togethers with friends
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Halloween Minute to Win It Game Supplies
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| Timer | Paper, Pencils, Scissors |
| Fly swatter | Small Skeleton heads |
| White balloons | Faux insects like spiders and worms |
| Vampire teeth | Slime or faux hay/grass |
| Ping-pong balls, Eyeballs | Orange pom poms |
| Halloween buckets | Empty Egg Cartons |
| Plastic cups, plates and bowls | Oreo cookies |
| Halloween candies, Candy corn | Spiderweb, Spider streamers |
| Toilet rolls | Glow rings or Plastic Rings |
| Craft/Popsicle sticks | Small Pumpkins |
| Donuts/Marshmallows | Spoons, straws |
| Cardboard paper, Black construction paper | Wooden Bones |
1. Float the Ghost
Supplies: White balloon, fly swatter
How to Play: Players keep one hand behind their back and use the other hand to hold a fly swatter and try to keep a white balloon with a ghost face, floating in the air for 1 minute. If the balloon touches the ground, that player is out. The last player keeping their ghost in the air wins.
2. Halloween Memory Board Challenge
Supplies: Halloween-themed objects or props, a large tray or board, paper, and pencils
How to Play: Arrange a variety of Halloween objects on a tray or board, such as plastic spiders, small skeletons, Halloween animals, candy, candy corn, and other spooky props. Give players 15 seconds to study the board. Players have 1 minute to write down as many items as they can remember.
3. Vampire Teeth Challenge
Supplies: Plastic vampire teeth, orange pom-poms, paper bowls
How to Play: Place a bowl filled with orange pom-poms in front of each player, along with an empty bowl. Players put on their plastic vampire teeth and have 1 minute to use only their teeth to pick up and move as many pom-poms as possible without using hands.
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4. Candy Chopstick Challenge
Supplies: Chopsticks, 2 paper plates, small candies or orange pom-poms
How to Play: players use their chopsticks to move as many pieces of candies or pom-poms from one plate to another. The player who moves the most pieces in 1-minute wins.
5. Scoop the Eyeball
Supplies: Plastic eyeballs, 2 bowls, spoon
How to Play: Fill one bowl with plastic eyeballs. Players keep hands behind their backs and use a spoon in their mouth to scoop the eyeballs from one bowl into the empty bowl. The player who moves the most eyeballs wins.
6. Pumpkin Junk in Your Trunk
Supplies: Empty tissue box, orange ping pong balls, belt or string
How to Play: Attach an empty tissue box to your waist by threading a belt or string through two slits cut in the back. Fill the box with orange ping pong balls. Players have one minute to shake, jump, and wiggle to get as many balls out as possible. The player who gets the most balls out before time runs out wins.
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7. Spider Blow Race
Supplies: Plastic spider toys or spider rings, straws, painter’s tape
How to Play: Create a starting line and finish line on a long table using painter’s tape. Players place their spiders at the starting line and use a straw to blow them across the table toward the finish line. The first spider to cross the finish line wins.
8. Pumpkin Broom Sweep
Supplies: Small pumpkins, brooms, painter’s tape
How to Play: Use painter’s tape to create a starting line and a finish line on the floor. Give each player a small pumpkin and a broom. When the timer starts, players race to sweep their pumpkin across the finish line. The first player to get their pumpkin across the finish line wins.
9. Rollin’ Eyeballs
Supplies: Plastic cups, eyeball ping pong balls, painter’s tape
How to Play: Tape 2–5 plastic cups along the edge of a table so the openings extend slightly beyond the edge. Give each player 8–10 eyeball ping pong balls. Players have 1 minute to roll the eyeballs across the table and into the cups.
10. Bobbing for Donuts
Supplies: Donuts, string
How to Play: Tie each donut to a piece of string and hang several donuts at about mouth level. Players must keep their hands behind their backs and have 1 minute to eat their donut using only their mouths.
11. Where’s the Creepy Crawly?
Supplies: Plastic insects, 15–20 paper cups
How to Play: Place 15–20 paper cups upside down on a table and hide a plastic spider or cockroach under one of the cups. Players have 1 minute to find the creepy crawly. The player who finds it in the shortest amount of time wins.
12. Cookie Face Challenge
Supplies: Cookies
How to Play: Player places a cookie on their forehead and keep their hands behind their back. When the timer starts, players must use only their facial muscles to move the cookie from their forehead to their mouth.
13. Food or Candy Challenge
Supplies: Assorted candies or flavored treats, blindfolds
How to Play: Blindfold each player and give them different candies or treats to taste. Players have 1 minute to identify as many flavors or types of candy as possible. The player with the most correct guesses when time runs out wins.
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14. Stack a Bone
Supplies: Small plastic or wooden bones or bone-shaped game pieces
How to Play: Give each player a pile of bones and have them build a tower by stacking the bones Jenga-style. Players have 1 minute to make their tower as tall as possible without knocking it over. The player with the most bones still standing in their tower wins.
15. Candy Balance Race
Supplies: Assorted small candies, craft sticks or popsicle sticks
How to Play: Place a few pieces of candy on a craft stick held in the player’s mouth. Players must race from the starting line to the finish line without dropping their candy. If any candy falls, they must stop and replace it before continuing. The first player to cross the finish line with all their candy still balanced wins.
16. Worm Hunt
Supplies: Plastic worms, large bowl or box, green slime or faux hay or decorative grass
How to Play: Fill a large bowl or box with green slime. If slime is too messy replace it with faux hay or decorative grass and hide several gummy worms throughout it. Players have to find as many worms as possible within a minute.
17. Spider Web Maze
Supplies: White streamers or crepe paper, painter’s tape
How to Play: Create a spooky spider-web maze by taping white streamers across a hallway at different angles and heights, leaving enough space for players to move through. Players have 1 minute to make their way from one end of the maze to the other without touching or knocking down the “spider webs.” The player who completes the maze in the fastest time wins.
18. Skeleton Puzzle Race
Supplies: Cardboard paper to create skeleton, scissors
How to Play: Cut a paper skeleton decoration into several pieces and mix them up. Give each player an identical set of pieces. When the timer starts, players race to put their skeleton back together correctly.
19. Eyeball Bounce
Supplies: Plastic eyeballs, empty egg cartons
How to Play: Place an empty egg carton on the table across from each player. Players have 1 minute to bounce the eyeballs into the egg carton. When time runs out, count the balls that landed inside. The player with the most ping pong balls in their egg carton wins.
20. Halloween Punch Challenge
Supplies: 50 Pcs Halloween Pumpkin Punch Game Set
How to Play: Cover the opening of each paper cup with a small piece of tissue paper and secure it with a rubber band. Place a small Halloween prize, candy, or challenge card inside each cup. Arrange the cups in a grid. Players have 1 minute to punch through the tissue-covered cups and collect as many prizes as they can.
21. Candy Vacuum
Supplies: Small Halloween candies or orange pom-poms, straws, 2 paper plates per player
How to Play: Give each player one plate filled with small candies or pom-poms, an empty plate, and a straw. Players have 1 minute to use suction from the straw to pick up one piece at a time and transfer it to the empty plate, without using their hands.
22. Flying Bat Challenge
Supplies: Black construction paper, paper plates
How to Play: Cut several bat shapes from black construction paper and place one in front of each player at the starting line. Players use a paper plate to fan their bat across the floor toward the finish line within a minute.
23. Mummy Wrap
Supplies: Toilet paper
How to Play: Divide players into pairs, with one person acting as the mummy and the other as the wrapper. When the timer starts, players have 1 minute to wrap their partner from head to toe in toilet paper. The pair with the most completely covered mummy when time runs out wins.
24. Halloween Cornhole
Supplies: Cornhole boards, bean bags
How to Play: Set up the cornhole boards a short distance apart and divide players into teams or have them compete individually. Players have 1 minute to toss as many bean bags as possible toward the board, trying to land them on the board or through the hole.
25. Pumpkin Ring Toss
Supplies: Small pumpkins, glow-stick rings or plastic rings
How to Play: Place the pumpkins at different distances from the starting line. Give each player a set number of rings. Players have 1 minute to toss the rings and try to land them around the pumpkins.
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